ARGH 2012 Power Ratings

The following are the ARGH power ratings for the 2012 season after games of November 3. Teams included are the 124 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams, plus one team that will be starting FBS play in 2013.

The estimated home field advantage is .573, or about 3.98 points for an average game. The power ratings represent the chance that the team in question has of beating an average FBS team without regard to location.

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This Week	Last Week	Team	2012 Record	Power Rating
1	1	Alabama	9 - 0	0.960
2	2	Notre Dame	9 - 0	0.943
3	4	Florida	8 - 1	0.918
4	3	Kansas St.	9 - 0	0.915
5	5	Oregon	9 - 0	0.901
6	6	Ohio St.	10 - 0	0.865
7	9	Georgia	8 - 1	0.861
8	10	South Carolina	7 - 2	0.847
9	11	Oklahoma	6 - 2	0.844
10	13	Texas A&M	7 - 2	0.843
11	8	Florida St.	8 - 1	0.841
12	12	Oregon St.	7 - 1	0.835
13	7	Louisiana St.	7 - 2	0.834
14	14	Stanford	7 - 2	0.816
15	18	Nebraska	7 - 2	0.800
16	22	Clemson	8 - 1	0.795
17	19	Michigan	6 - 3	0.790
18	29	UCLA	7 - 2	0.781
19	23	Louisville	9 - 0	0.763
20	25	Utah St.	8 - 2	0.751
21	27	Texas	7 - 2	0.746
22	21	Oklahoma St.	5 - 3	0.745
23	16	Texas Tech	6 - 3	0.740
24	15	Boise State	7 - 2	0.739
25	17	Southern California	6 - 3	0.737
26	33	Northern Illinois	9 - 1	0.733
27	20	Mississippi St.	7 - 2	0.731
28	35	Penn State	6 - 3	0.726
29	26	Rutgers	7 - 1	0.726
30	30	Brigham Young	5 - 4	0.715
31	32	Northwestern	7 - 2	0.709
32	34	Wisconsin	6 - 3	0.699
33	49	Vanderbilt	5 - 4	0.693
34	24	Arizona	5 - 4	0.689
35	39	Cincinnati	6 - 2	0.687
36	28	Michigan St.	5 - 5	0.684
37	45	Central Florida	7 - 2	0.683
38	38	Arizona St.	5 - 4	0.682
39	40	Texas Christian	6 - 3	0.681
40	31	Iowa St.	5 - 4	0.676
41	46	Louisiana Tech	8 - 1	0.675
42	36	North Carolina	6 - 3	0.674
43	41	San Jose St.	7 - 2	0.672
44	47	Missouri	4 - 5	0.658
45	44	Fresno St.	7 - 3	0.656
46	43	Toledo	8 - 1	0.654
47	51	Kent	8 - 1	0.632
48	37	Tulsa	7 - 2	0.632
49	42	West Virginia	5 - 3	0.621
50	60	Utah	4 - 5	0.621
51	54	Washington	5 - 4	0.619
52	58	Ohio	8 - 1	0.607
53	52	Navy	6 - 3	0.604
54	53	Mississippi	5 - 4	0.599
55	55	Tennessee	4 - 5	0.598
56	67	San Diego St.	7 - 3	0.591
57	61	Miami, Florida	5 - 4	0.587
58	48	Western Kentucky	6 - 3	0.585
59	50	LA-Monroe	6 - 3	0.576
60	65	Arkansas St.	6 - 3	0.574
61	59	Bowling Green	6 - 3	0.563
62	62	Baylor	4 - 4	0.560
63	57	Virginia Tech	4 - 5	0.556
64	70	Ball St.	6 - 3	0.537
65	71	Pittsburgh	4 - 5	0.529
66	77	LA-Lafayette	5 - 3	0.527
67	75	Arkansas	4 - 5	0.518
68	64	Duke	6 - 4	0.514
69	63	Iowa	4 - 5	0.509
70	66	Minnesota	5 - 4	0.508
71	76	Indiana	4 - 5	0.505
72	69	Syracuse	4 - 5	0.504
73	78	Georgia Tech	4 - 5	0.503
74	56	North Carolina St.	5 - 4	0.498
75	73	Nevada	6 - 3	0.494
76	68	Purdue	3 - 6	0.489
77	80	Middle Tennessee St.	6 - 3	0.488
78	74	California	3 - 7	0.471
79	81	East Carolina	6 - 4	0.467
80	72	Air Force	5 - 4	0.434
81	79	Southern Methodist	4 - 5	0.427
82	86	South Florida	3 - 6	0.418
83	93	Auburn	2 - 7	0.409
84	92	Wake Forest	5 - 4	0.408
85	84	Troy St.	4 - 5	0.408
86	83	Houston	4 - 5	0.392
87	87	Marshall	4 - 5	0.389
88	97	Western Michigan	4 - 6	0.386
89	103	Virginia	3 - 6	0.363
90	89	Temple	3 - 5	0.357
91	90	Texas-San Antonio	5 - 4	0.355
92	85	Maryland	4 - 5	0.353
93	91	North Texas	3 - 6	0.352
94	98	Rice	4 - 6	0.352
95	82	New Mexico	4 - 6	0.351
96	88	Miami, Ohio	4 - 5	0.351
97	94	Central Michigan	3 - 6	0.322
98	95	Connecticut	3 - 6	0.319
99	102	Illinois	2 - 7	0.318
100	96	Kentucky	1 - 9	0.315
101	99	Texas St.	3 - 5	0.306
102	100	Washington St.	2 - 7	0.296
103	101	Boston College	2 - 7	0.296
104	106	AL-Birmingham	2 - 7	0.294
105	111	Buffalo	2 - 7	0.284
106	109	Florida International	2 - 8	0.279
107	113	Nevada-Las Vegas	2 - 8	0.275
108	110	Wyoming	2 - 7	0.267
109	107	Florida Atlantic	2 - 7	0.265
110	105	Texas-El Paso	2 - 7	0.265
111	104	Kansas	1 - 8	0.263
112	119	Army	2 - 7	0.242
113	115	Akron	1 - 9	0.217
114	108	South Alabama	2 - 7	0.214
115	114	Tulane	2 - 7	0.209
116	112	Colorado St.	2 - 7	0.208
117	116	Eastern Michigan	1 - 8	0.185
118	117	Colorado	1 - 8	0.176
119	118	Hawaii	1 - 7	0.169
120	120	Southern Mississippi	0 - 9	0.154
121	122	Memphis	1 - 8	0.153
122	123	Wild Card U.	17 - 88	0.138
123	121	New Mexico St.	1 - 8	0.136
124	124	Idaho	1 - 8	0.123
125	125	Massachusetts	0 - 9	0.077
126	126	Georgia St.	1 - 9	0.048

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